Etymology

The species epithet ‘tahora’ may be translated from Te Reo, the Maori language, as ‘forest clearing’ and is also the name of the scenic reserve which is the type locality, which in turn takes its name from Tahora, a nearby settlement.

Beveridge, P.; Glenny, D.; Smissen, R. 2017: Cephaloziella tahora Bever. & Glenny, a new species of Cephaloziella (Jungermanniopsida, Cephaloziellaceae) from eastern Taranaki, New Zealand. Journal of Bryology 39(1): 57–65. (Published online: 21 Jul 2016)

typification

New Zealand, Taranaki Ecological Region, Taranaki Ecological District, Forgotten World Highway (SH 43), Ohura Road, Tahora Scenic Reserve, 240 m, on a vertical calcareous sandstone and mudstone rock bank, periodically irrigated by seepage, at the southern road-tunnel entrance, growing with cyanobacterial filaments, Neolepidozia patentissima var. zebrina (J.J.Engel & G.L.Sm.) E.D.Cooper, Riccardia papulosa (Steph.) E.A.Brown and Heteroscyphus supinus (Hook.f. & Taylor) R.M.Schust. between tufts of Bryum clavatum (Schimp.) Müll.Hal., 39°01.28′S, 174°48.12′E, 11 October 2014, P Beveridge NR-1. Holotype: WELT H013299.

Beveridge, P.; Glenny, D.; Smissen, R. 2017: Cephaloziella tahora Bever. & Glenny, a new species of Cephaloziella (Jungermanniopsida, Cephaloziellaceae) from eastern Taranaki, New Zealand. Journal of Bryology 39(1): 57–65. (Published online: 21 Jul 2016)